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Happy hardware: tech lobbyist brings home the bacon

Fed money goes for energy and water industries to get more efficient. by Harry Fuller

Tags: Lobbyist, Hardware, Strategy, Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-11-05

Does good Betsy McCaughey exist?

Betsy McCaughey is what she has always been, an industry lobbyist. To call her anything else, to refer to her as "Dr. McCaughey," is to endorse a deception. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Lobbyist, Dana Blankenhorn, Deception, Betsy McCaughey, Strategy, Management

Blog posts 2009-09-08

Innovate...then wait...and wait

I spoke with the CEO of an American company making state-of-engineering heat pumps. But his company can't get past the federal gatekeepers at the Department of Energy DOE. The Acadia system built and sold by Hallowell International just doesn't fit the old model for HVAC. I blogged...

Tags: Geothermal Energy, Lobbyist, Rebate, Department Of Energy, Acadia, Hallowell International, Quality, Construction, Business Operations, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-27

NFL lobbyist on White House staff pushes for online gambling ban

With a former NFL lobbyist now at the White House, Treasury takes time out from financial crisis to ensure that football gets a monopoly on online gaming, even though billions of dollars of taxable revenue are now flowing offshore. by Richard Koman

Tags: Business Ethics, Business Operations, Finance, Financial Accounting, Financial Planning, Games, Government, Internet, It Operations, Leadership, Lobbyist, Management, NFL, Outsourcing, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Personal Technology, Regulations, Richard Koman, Strategy, Taxes, White House

Blog posts 2008-11-12

Verizon, AT&T delivered free cell tower to McCain ranch

Verizon and AT&T installed portable cell towers for the sole benefit of Cindy McCain, who suffers from poor cell reception at the McCains' 15-acre ranch near Sedona, Ariz., the Washington Post reported last night. The McCain campaign reacted angrily: ...

Tags: Lobbyist, Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., John McCain, Cell, Cindy McCain, Professional Development, Career, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-16

Daily Debrief: Corn farmers vs. Google

CNET News.com's Charlie Cooper and Declan McCullagh discuss corn farmers who are taking anti-Google fight to Washington.

Tags: Google Inc., News, daily debrief, Charlie Cooper, Declan McCullagh, google, farm, corn, lobbyist, washington, search

Videos 2008-06-11

Tech, entertainment take on copyrights

Technology and entertainment lobbyists are about to meets at the negotiating table to seek a resolution to the long-running political spat over digital copyright. WASHINGTON--Technology and entertainment lobbyists will sit down at the negotiating table Friday to seek a resolution to the long-running political spat over digital copyright. ...

Tags: Lobbyist, Center For Democracy And Technology, Entertainment, Advertising & Promotion, Peer To Peer (P2P), Piracy, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, Internet, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Personal Technology, Declan McCullagh, Technology News

News items 2002-11-22

Be wary of Washington's spam solution

When lobbyists meet to concoct a way to reduce the deluge of unsolicited e-mail, you should be concerned. How are they going to stop overseas traffic? COMMENTARY--WASHINGTON--About three dozen high-level lobbyists met quietly last Friday afternoon at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to concoct a way to drastically reduce...

Tags: Washington, Lobbyist, Anti-spam, Law, E-mail, Internet, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Spam And Phishing, Declan McCullagh, Technology News

News items 2002-09-09

Tech activists disrupt copyright hearings

Jack Valenti, head of the Motion Picture Association of America, was one of the speakers heckled by free software advocates during a Congressional hearing over copyright laws. WASHINGTON--Enthusiasts of free software disrupted a Commerce Department meeting Wednesday, insisting on their right to debate the entertainment industry over anti-copying technologies....

Tags: Software, MPAA, Bond, Lobbyist, Activist, U.S. Department Of Commerce, Tech Activist, LXNY.org, Government, Tools & Techniques, Investment, Management, Finance, Declan McCullagh, Technology News

News items 2002-07-18

High-tech storms Capitol Hill

As Senior Vice President for Government Affairs at ITIC, Ralph Hellmann will spend his time lobbying for high-tech power houses such as Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft. A former policy director for the speaker of the house, Ralph Hellmann is familiar with the corridors of power in Washington. Now,...

Tags: Lobbyist, Information Technology, Tax, Industry, U.S. Congress, ITIC, Information Technology Industry Council, Tech Industry, Strategy, Management, Sharael Feist, Technology News

News items 2002-02-01

Lobbyists lead the cheering--or jeering

For the time being, most high-tech companies are letting the lobbyists do the talking--with predictable arguments. by ZDNN Staff

Tags: Lobbyist, ZDNN Staff, Technology News

News items 2001-06-29

Trade group joins privacy parade

Fearing efforts by several states to enact their own privacy laws, the American Electronics Association releases proposed guidelines to Congress. WASHINGTON--The American Electronics Association, in a policy reversal that shows a widening rift in the technology industry, Thursday will release "principles" for Congress to follow in writing new Internet...

Tags: Internet Privacy, Group, Privacy Rule, Lobbyist, Industry, U.S. Congress, Privacy, Privacy Legislation, AEA, Internet, Strategy, Management, Mitchel Benson, Technology News

News items 2001-01-18

Field guide for cyber 'arms race'

Cyber lobbyists pen book to help would-be e-warriors turn the Net into the killer app of campaigning tools. If political campaigning is an arms race, most candidates and lobbyists are yet to find a field manual for the latest, and potentially greatest, armament -- the Internet. ...

Tags: Lobbyist, Arms Race, Daniel Bennett, Internet, E-mail, Fax, Online Communications, Joel Deane, Technology News

News items 1999-10-05

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News to know: Windows 7; Google Dashboard; Driving while texting; Steve Jobs; Droid

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are "fantastic" Dana Blankenhorn: What the Google Privacy Dashboard can...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Google Inc., Web, Dana Blankenhorn, Verizon Communications Inc., Mary Jo Foley, Dashboard, Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Channel Management, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing

Blog posts 2009-11-06

Happy hardware: tech lobbyist brings home the bacon

Bankrupt USAIn other news, Oboma gives out TRILLIONS of dollarsto other energy vendors with no liability andno need to repay.All of the tax payers will pay with higher taxes,inflation and worthless dollars.China is putting a stop to loaning the USA money.We are in deep, trouble.China is going to own this...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, hardware

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Bells give net neutrality the McCain two-step

For over a century the Bells have been masters of the bureaucratic game. Their failure in the Bell break-up, which delivered huge profits to investors, only taught them to fight harder. So after putting themselves together like the broom in "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," of course they're going...

Tags: Net Neutrality, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-10-23

Net Neutrality: Hit satire coming to a theatre near you

The world is a simple place, until someone wants to tell you what to do.  The realization that not everyone believes in common ground that surrounds each of us seems to be a new discovery to some. The sanctity of individual requirements is wrapping around our lives with a plethora of effects that...

Tags: Net Neutrality, Actor, Doug Hanchard

Blog posts 2009-10-21

AT&T encourages employees to speak out against net neutrality

AT&T's top policy exec - aka lobbyist - has turned to AT&T employees for a last-chance campaign to flood the FCC with anti-net neutrality messages. In a memo that's starting to circulate around the Internet, Senior Executive VP Jim Cicconi tells encourages the employees, their friends and family to "join...

Tags: FCC, AT&T Corp., Net Neutrality, Cicconi, Federal Government, Government, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Senate climate bill must lure more support to pass

Hopelessly sophomoric[i]In general, the Republican Party will oppose any major legislation on any topic because it cannot afford to give Obama?s Administration a political victory.[/i]You don't suppose that anyone might oppose Cap and Trade legislation because it will be economically devastating with little to no actual environmental benefit? (http://www.heritage.org/Research/EnergyandEnvironment/wm2503.cfm)Fuller...

Tags: U.S. Senate, Cap-and-Trade

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

Republicans rail against FCC's new net rules

How They RollThis is just how the GOP rolls. When Bill Clinton left office we were number one or two in broadband. Now we're down around 17 behind some Eastern European countries. The GOP keeps saying they're about competition, but they keep passing bills to stifle real competition. Sort of...

Tags: Federal government, FCC, GOP, U.S. Congress

Discussion threads 2009-09-22